Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

साङ्गोपाङ्गांस्तथा वेदाञ्जपन्नित्यं समाहितः । न तत्फलमवाप्नोति गायत्र्या संयमी यथा

Transliteration

sāṅgopāṅgāṃstathā vedāñjapannityaṃ samāhitaḥ | na tatphalamavāpnoti gāyatryā saṃyamī yathā

Translation

അംഗോപാംഗങ്ങളോടുകൂടി വേദങ്ങളെ നിത്യമായി ഏകാഗ്രതയോടെ ജപിച്ചാലും, ഗായത്രിയിൽ സംയമമുള്ളവൻ നേടുന്ന ഫലത്തോട് തുല്യമായ ഫലം ലഭിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• साङ्गोपाङ्गान्: with the limbs and subsidiary limbs (ancillaries)
• साङ्गोपाङ्गान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (अङ्ग + उपाङ्ग) तदन्ते 'स-' उपपद (with)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Connector (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तद्वत् (and likewise)

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि (while reciting)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• समाहितः: concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'collected/concentrated'

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (फलम्)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गायत्र्या: by (means of) Gayatrī
• गायत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• संयमी: a self-controlled one
• संयमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana marker (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (as)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures contrasted on the riverbank: one surrounded by stacks of palm-leaf texts chanting expansively; another sits in stillness with a radiant sun-disc (Savitṛ) above, quietly repeating Gāyatrī—his aura brighter, symbolizing superior fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline and concentrated Gāyatrī-japa are portrayed as especially potent—surpassing even extensive rote recitation without the same inner restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā milieu is the backdrop, where such japa is recommended for heightened merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular Gāyatrī-japa performed with saṃyama (self-restraint) and mental collectedness.